Landrieu
also plans to file bills to overhaul the Stafford Act, to make
government disaster response more effective and efficient, and to extend
the placed-in-service date for the GO Zone low-income tax credit,
without which, she said, nearly 5,000 Gulf Coast housing units will
likely not be completed and an estimated $1 billion of construction
projects and related jobs will be in jeopardy.

"These bills I will
introduce address several issues that are critical to Louisiana's
future," Landrieu said. "They represent a robust plan to restore the
Gulf Coast, get our coast back to work and create jobs, and better
prepare us to deal with natural and manmade disasters. I am committed to
use all the tools at my disposal during the 112th Congress to get these
bills through Congress and signed into law."